Arrest latest setback for Reynolds' Jones

Former All-WNC back only played in 6 games last season

10:33 PM,
Jan. 24, 2014

Jave Jones played in only six games for the Reynolds football team in 2013.

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Former All-WNC running back Jave Jones was arrested earlier this week at his high school.

Buncombe County Sheriff's Department spokesperson Natalie Bailey said Friday that Jones, 16, was facing a misdemeanor charge of breaking and entering at the time of his arrest Tuesday at Reynolds.

The brush with the law is the latest blow to Jones, a 5-foot-9, 190-pound junior who is believed to be the youngest football player in Western North Carolina history to receive an ACC scholarship offer. ...